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NBI to investigate unauthorized vaccinations vs COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the unauthorized inoculations with COVID-19 vaccines. Guevarra said he ordered NBI officer-in-charge Eric Distor to conduct the investigation. Guevarra’s instruction came after President Rodrigo Duterte revealed some soldiers had been vaccinated against COVID-19. The Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the use of any COVID-19 vaccine in the country. The Presidential Security Group later admitted the […]

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12 more police personnel recover from COVID-19

(Eagle News) — Twelve more police personnel have recovered from COVID-19. The Philippine National Police said with the additional recoveries, the PNP COVID-19 recovery toll rose to 8612. Twenty additional COVID-19 cases, however, pushed the PNP total to 8985. Of these, 346 were active. No additional death was reported, which means the PNP COVID-19 death toll remains at 27. The government has said uniformed personnel–including policemen–were among the priorities in a COVID-19 nationwide vaccination program. […]

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PNP: Member of gun-for-hire syndicate killed in gunfight with police in Laguna

(Eagle News) — A member of a notorious gun-for-hire syndicate died in a gunfight with policemen in Laguna, the Philippine National Police said. According to the PNP, James Dairezze Elomina died of gunshot wounds sustained from the encounter between law enforcers who were out to serve a warrant for homicide against him. The PNP said the warrant–issued by Francisco Dizon Pano, presiding judge of Branch 93 of the Regional Trial Court of San Pedro City […]

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Tail-end of frontal system affecting eastern section of Southern Luzon

Northern and Central Luzon affected by northeast monsoon (Eagle News) — The tail-end of a frontal system is affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said the northeast monsoon is also affecting Northern and Central Luzon. As a result, light to moderate rains are being experienced over Apayao (Flora, Luna, Pudtol and Santa Marcela), Cagayan (Abulug, Allacapan, Aparri, Ballesteros, Buguey, Camalanuigan, Claveria, Gonzaga, Pamplona, Eastern Peñablanca, Santa […]

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MIAA releases list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, December 31

(Eagle News) — The Manila International Airport Authority has released its list of operational commercial flights for Thursday, December 31: MIAA said travelers should confirm their flights on the day they are supposed to be scheduled as only those with the confirmation will be allowed entry into the airport. The Philippines has temporarily banned flights from 20 countries following reports of a new COVID-19 strain that is up to more than 70 percent more infectious […]

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Wuhan virus cases may be 10 times higher than reported: China health study

  by Patrick BAERT Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — The number of coronavirus cases in the Chinese city where the pathogen was first detected may have been 10 times higher than official figures suggest, according to a study by health authorities in Wuhan. About 4.4 percent of the city’s 11 million residents had developed antibodies against the virus causing Covid-19 by April, the report by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said. […]

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Singapore begins coronavirus vaccination campaign

  SINGAPORE (AFP) — Singapore began a coronavirus vaccination campaign Wednesday with a nurse receiving the first jab, making it among the first Asian nations to roll out inoculations. The city-state, which has suffered a mild outbreak, became the first country in Asia to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine earlier this month, and its programme kicked off with healthcare workers. Nurse Sarah Lim, 46, whose work includes screening suspected Covid-19 patients, was the first to be […]

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PHL COVID-19 cases reach 472,532; recoveries climb to 439,509

(Eagle News)–COVID-19 cases in the Philippines reached 472,532 on Wednesday, December 30, after the Department of Health reported 1014 additional cases. The DOH said of the total COVID-19 cases, 5 percent or 23793 were active. Of these, 79.7 percent were mild, 11 percent asymptomatic, 5.7 percent critical, 3.1 percent severe, and 0.49 percent moderate. The areas with the most COVID-19 cases reported today were Quezon City with 67, Benguet with 57, Makati with 48, Bulacan […]

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New tremors shake Croatia after deadly quake

  by Lajla VESELICA Agence France Presse PETRINJA, Croatia (AFP) — Fresh tremors shook Croatia on Wednesday as the Adriatic country was still picking up the pieces of a deadly earthquake that claimed seven lives and reduced buildings to rubble the day before. The series of aftershocks jangled nerves in towns south of Zagreb where Tuesday’s major 6.4-magnitude flattened village homes, left gaping holes in buildings and crushed cars under mountains of bricks. Many in […]

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AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccine approved for use in UK

  by James PHEBY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s low-cost Covid vaccine, raising hopes it will help tackle rising cases and ease pressure on creaking health services. The independent Medicines and Healthcare products and Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the vaccine “met its strict standards of safety, quality and effectiveness”, and a roll-out was set for January […]

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Duque says US, other countries with new virus strain, to be included in temporary travel ban

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Health said that the United States as well as other countries which recently reported the presence of the more infectious COVID-19 strain will be included in the temporary travel ban as part of the precautionary measure against the new SARS-CoV-2 variant. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said as a matter of policy, the US should be included in the travel ban where foreign travelers coming from countries confirmed […]

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